International studio (51.1913/1914)

A New Mitral Panel by Mr. Brangwyn

Anew mural panel by
MR. FRANK BRANGWYN,
A.R.A.
The latest of the now lengthy series of mural
decorations painted by Mr. Frank Brangwyn is a
large panel recently placed in the new Court House
at Cleveland in the State of Ohio and having for
its subject an historical event to which all members
of the Anglo-Saxon race in every part of the globe
look back as perhaps the most significant in the
evolution of the race—King John Signing the
Great Charter at Runnymede. The panel is of
monumental proportions, the length from side to
side being no less than fifty feet, while the height
from the base line to the top is fifteen feet. These
proportions made it impracticable to reproduce the
finished panel satisfactorily in colour on the small
scale required by the pages of this magazine ; hence
it has been deemed best to give a black-and-white
reproduction only of the panel as now placed in

position in the Cleveland Court House, and as a
substitute for a colour reproduction of it Mr.
Brangwyn has kindly placed at our disposal two
of his preliminary sketches which, though fairly
large, have served admirably for the purpose of
polychrome reproduction. It will be observed
that the second of these two sketches corresponds
very closely to the large panel as regards the
general design, and the colour-scheme also presents
no marked divergence, the keynote in both being
the bright red cloak of the figure inclose proximity
to King John.
The execution of this large panel occupied
Mr. Brangwyn fully if not quite two years, and
the whole of the work was carried through with-
out any collaboration on the part of assistants.
His chalk studies of the various figures com-
posing this historic gathering have an interest apart
from the finished result, and we are glad therefore
to be able to include a typical selection from them
among our illustrations.


STUDY FOR THE CLEVELAND COURT HOUSE PANEL
LI. No. 203.—January 1914

BY FRANK BRANGWYN, A.R.A.

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